Siemens PG is building the new natural gas-fired power plant at the existing power plant site Emile Huchet in Saint Avold in Lorraine, about twenty kilometers west of the French-German border near Saarbruecken. The high-efficiency power plant will feature high cost-efficiency, flexibility, and environmental compatibility. The plant consists of two units, each having a capacity of 430 megawatts (MW), making the facility France’s largest new combined cycle plant to date. The output is sufficient to supply as many as one million households in France with electricity.
Siemens PG’s scope of supply encompasses two gas turbines, two steam turbines and two generators, as well as all mechanical equipment, electrical systems and equipment, and instrumentation and control (I&C) systems. “Saint-Avold is our second order this year for the construction of a new, turnkey combined cycle power plant in France,” said Klaus Voges, Group President of Siemens Power Generation. “With this order we have made a breakthrough in this important power plant market.” With full deregulation of the French electricity market in July 2007, there is an increasing demand in France for combined cycle power plants to meet peak- and intermediate-load needs. -Siemens
